Tag: olympics

Andrew Urodov is a fellow community member from Russia who was given the chance to take a few pictures in this year's winter olympics with none other than a Lomo LC-A camera. In this brief but informative interview, he shares bits and pieces about the experience, as well as his preferences as a lomographer.

We first met L.A. Times photographer Jay L. Clendenin last year when he experimented with a 100-year-old Petzval lens to shoot potraits of Olympians. He recently told us about how that analogue assignment came to be, his favorite celebrity subjects and his latest film projects. Olympic, Coachella and Sundance festivals, anyone?

Meg Pickard describes herself as a creative geek. She's worked in new media for over fifteen years, for some companies you've probably heard of, including as Head of Digital Engagement at The Guardian. Despite her ultimate expert knowledge of all things digital, she still loves to shoot film. We asked her how she mixes the two...

Twenty years is a very long time but when it comes to the Olympic Spirit, 20 years is nothing. Join me on a walk down memory lane to remember those magnificent summer Olympics held in Barcelona 1992, and take a look how the Montjuïc Olympic Ring is still magnificent even after 20 years!

When you've covered seven Summer Olympic Games, shooting sports may start to feel trite. David Burnett, spotted with a Graflex Speed Graphic camera at this year's games, says "I don’t do a lot of sports coverage in between the Olympics. For me, it’s more than a sports event. I’m always trying to make some bigger contextual view of it." See the evolution of his photos here.

See the world's biggest sporting event in miniaturized images! These scenes from the 2012 Olympic Games in London were shot by Reuters and Getty Images photographers using tilt-shift lenses, making athletes look like little toy figures battling it out in mini arenas.

We here at Lomography Gallery Store Soho decided to throw a good ol' Lomobash to celebrate the launch of the long awaited Lomography London city guide and the opening of the greatest sporting event in the world! Check out the highligths and the great party shots from the night by Uslan here.

These portraits by L.A. Times photographer Jay L. Clendenin are interesting not just because they were shot using a large-format film camera outfitted with antique doublet lenses (possibly from 1840!), but also because he juxtaposed them with his colored digital captures. Which do you like better: old or new?

Athens has been the site of the Games of the I Olympiad, the first Olympic Games in modern times and the largest international sporting event of the 19th century. Recently, in 2004, Athens again hosted Olympic Games at a cost of 10 billion euros.

Cyclists are riding on the back of Olympic success in London, and are ruling the roads to boot. Get yourself on two wheels in the Capital and enjoy snapping away the sights with an analogue camera tucked up your sleeve.

How many of you are glued to your tellies for the 2012 Olympics? Anybody? Well, then get clued in on all the action you missed here! Instead of showing full-frame scenes of courts, rinks, pools, and rings, TIME has zoomed in on some of the World Game's poignant moments in tight shots that are quite literally "in your face."

While the world is still hot with the Olympics fever, we searched high and low for some beautiful vintage posters of the iconic sporting event. Now, very quickly, allow us to share our finds with you after the jump!

64-years is Singapore's history at the Summer Olympic Games! In between there've been many good sportsmen and women including C. Kunalan and P. C. Suppiah for running, Ang Peng Siong for swimming, and then, most unforgettably Tan Howe Liang for weightlifting, for which he gained they country's first Olympic medal.

Representing the Solomon Islands in Men's Judo, Tony Lomo definitely has our full support! While he won his first qualifying match, he is no longer in the running for an Olympic medal this year. We've still got our eyes on him for the 2016 Olympics though. Lomo on, Tony Lomo!

Can you picture Olympic Games where women compete in full-length skirts instead of skin-tight bodysuits? How about runners taking more than 10 seconds to complete a hundred-meter dash? See them for yourself in these archived Olympic photos from 1936 and beyond.

Only five days left until the 2012 Summer Olympic Games begin and we're already hungry for the fast-paced photos our London Lomographers will be sharing with us! To get us pumped for the friendly competition, Reuters photographer Umit Bektas loads up on the lean and mean Olympic diets of Turkish athletes. See how the pros eat here!

The 2012 Olympic Games will be starting in a few weeks and we can't wait for the action-filled athletic spectacle! Since we're feeling rather sporty these days, we're sharing some hilarious pics of Memphis wrestlers from the '80s. Can you smelllll what they're cooking?!

at Lomography Gallery Store Soho. We have organised some special workshops over the coming months where the images you shoot may well be chosen for a HUGE Lomowall which will be exhibited at The Museum of London as part of the Olympic 2012 celebrations. This workshop involved some colorsplash clad crazies hitting the streets of Camden, and you can find out how they got on here.

As we are only a year away form the 2012 Olympics, the search has started to find the 'future flame'. The flame will be carried across the United Kingdom over 70 days; it will be pass through a number of communities and eventually, reach London to kick off the Olympic games.

Greek-native Spiros Poros is our newest LomoAmigo! His photographs have a cinematographic appeal which exudes enigma and passion. This time, using his Diana F+, his portraits became more special -- he delved into the lives of special people and he captured their exceptional sides on film...

The amazingly beautiful Old Salt building and Olympic Village area of Vancouver. This area was transformed for the 2010 Winter Olympics. Situated on False Creek this spectacular location is must visit for Lomographers at any time of day. At night it is particularly worth a visit.

Graphic designer James Coleman revisits the camera's analogue roots and reinvents the classic Kodak Brownie, giving it a whole new life and modern look. Although these are just renders, one can't help but be awed by this unique idea so we spend a few minutes with him to talk shop.